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Mitch Garber
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Mitch Garber
Born (1964-09-05) September 5, 1964 (age 59)
Montreal, Quebec
NationalityCanadian
OccupationBusiness Executive/Lawyer

Mitch Garber (born September 5, 1964) is a Canadian born business executive.

Professional career

Mitch Garber is the CEO of Caesars Acquisition Company, a Caesars Nasdaq (CACQ) spinoff which controls Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Planet Hollywood, Bally's Las Vegas, The Cromwell Las Vegas, The Linq Hotel Las Vegas, Harrah's New Orleans, and the Horseshoe casino in Baltimore. He is also CEO of Caesars Interactive Entertainment (CIE).[2] CIE owns the World Series of Poker and the rights to all interactive businesses worldwide for the casino brands of Caesars. At the conclusion of the merger of CACQ and CZR he will become Vice Chairman of the Board of Caesars Entertainment Corporation [3]

In 2013, Caesars Interactive was ranked #1 in the Social Casino Intelligence Power 25 as the most powerful company in its field.

In 2011 he led the acquisition of Israel-based Playtika which along with Buffalo Studios (Santa Monica 2012), and Pacific Interactive (Israel 2014) operate several of the world's top grossing game applications on social networks including Facebook, iOS , Android .

From 2006-2008 Garber was CEO of London Stock Exchange listed online entertainment and gaming leader PartyGaming Plc.[4] As CEO, Garber is credited with successfully diversifying the company's business through a series of mergers and acquisitions, and new product development, mainly following the passage of the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act (UIGEA) in the United States. Garber left Partygaming in May 2008.[5]

He was CEO of Optimal Payments Inc, (Nasdaq) from 2003-2006,[6] and held senior executive positions at Terra Payments Inc. (Toronto Stock Exchange) from 1999-2003. (In 1997 he developed the idea of electronic commerce for Totalnet than a leading Internet service provider, which led to the business focusing 100% on e-commerce, selling to Bell Canada and ultimately spinning out as SureFire and then Optimal and becoming a circa one billion dollar e-commerce company, today listed in London as Opay.L.) Garber sold his stake in Optimal in 2006.

He was a practicing attorney from 1990-1999 specializing in gaming law. During that time he was also a television and radio sportscaster in Montreal.[7]

Education and other credits

He holds a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Relations from McGill University (1986) and a Law Degree from the University of Ottawa (1989).

In 2009, he was named one of the 10 most influential people in the gaming industry by Global Gaming Business magazine.[8] He has spoken on gaming and the internet in the British House of Lords, and has given expert testimony in the Canadian Senate, assisting in the shaping of gaming policy in Canada.[9]

Philanthropy

Mitch Garber and his wife Anne-Marie Boucher are active philanthropists, focusing on education, healthcare, water, and scientific research. Among their charitable commitments, Mr. Garber;

  • Has established the Garber Family Post Doctorate Fellowship in Hereditary Cancer at McGill University Faculty of Medicine.
  • Is a Patron and major contributor to Aleh Jerusalem and Aleh Negev hospitals in Israel. Ms. Boucher sits on the Board.
  • Is a longtime Patron of the Raisa Gorbachev Foundation which has built a free children's cancer hospital in St. Petersburg, Russia.
  • Is a Patron and major contributor to the Cell Architecture Lab of the Dep't of Structural Biology at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. Ms. Boucher sits on the Canadian Board.
  • Is a Patron and major contributor to Lower Canada College in Montreal. Ms. Boucher sits on the Board.
  • Member of the Board of Montreal Inc. Foundation [10] encouraging entrepreneurship for Montreal start-ups

Miscellaneous

  • In February 2015 it was announced that Mitch Garber would join the French television show Dans l'oeil du Dragon, [11] [12] for the 2015 season. The show is the French language version of the popular English shows Shark Tank and Dragon's Den
  • In November 2014, Several Canadian media outlets reported that Mitch Garber is part of an investor group seeking to bring Major League Baseball back to Montreal [13][14]
  • For his 50th birthday, Mitch Garber threw a party in Montreal with live performances by renowned platinum artists Eddie Money and Loverboy as well as L.A. DJ Sandra Luesse. He and his guests donated more than $150,000 to charity.[15]

Notes

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ Harrah's press release
  3. ^ [2]
  4. ^ Canada.com: Gambling exec hits the jackpot
  5. ^ Evening Standard: Chief Who Rebuilt PartyGaming Quits
  6. ^ Businesswire.com: Optimal Robotics and Terra Payments to Merge
  7. ^ Montreal Radio Blog
  8. ^ Global Gaming Business Magazine
  9. ^ The New Law Times
  10. ^ [3]
  11. ^ http://dragon.radio-canada.ca
  12. ^ http://montrealgazette.com/business/quebecs-version-of-dragons-den-gets-an-anglo-dragon?__lsa=e7f3-0f34
  13. ^ http://www.tsn.ca/report-bell-among-group-of-investors-interested-in-bringing-mlb-team-to-montreal-1.127919[TSN]
  14. ^ http://business.financialpost.com/2014/11/11/is-gambling-industry-hotshot-mitch-garber-bringing-baseball-back-to-montreal/
  15. ^ http://diaryofasocialgal.com/mitch-garbers-rocking-birthday-bash/

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